Today AMD has officially revealed its brand new Ryzen 7 CPUs, announcing worldwide availability and reviews to both arrive on March 2nd. The newly announced lineup includes three 8-core 16-thread CPUs. The$499 Ryzen 7 1800X, $399 Ryzen 7 1700X and $329 Ryzen 7 1700 which will provide equivalent or better 8-core Intel performance at up to one third the price.

The Ryzen press event included a host of hands-on performancedemonstrations and benchmarks that included both productivity tasks and gaming. AMD has also lifted the embargo on a lot of information surrounding Ryzen, allowing reviewers to give us a sneak-peek into what they'll be playing around with and testing for their reviews come March 2nd.

Ryzen CPU Pre-Order LInks:

Ryzen 7 1800X – $499 – Amazon.comRyzen 7 1700X – $399 – Amazon.comRyzen 7 1700 – $329 – Amazon.comRyzen 7 1800X –£488.99 – OCUKRyzen 7 1700X –£389.99 – OCUKRyzen 7 1700 –£319.99 – OCUKASUS ROG Crosshair VI Hero – $254 – Amazon.comASUS Prime X370 Pro – $169 – Amazon.comASUS Prime B350-Plus – $99 – Amazon.comASUS Prime B350M-A – $89 – Amazon.com

AMD Ryzen Unboxed - Unleashing The Beast

The review kit that reviewers receivedincluded a Ryzen 7 1800X CPU, a Noctua cooler, a Corsair Vengeance DDR4 RAM kit and a high-endAM4 X370 motherboard.

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